Folding Sheet Metal Box

Remove any unwanted corners.

Folding sheet metal box.

Suitable for folding 3 8 in. Hello friends today i make a sheet metal bending tool. I hope you like this video. This is quick simple tutorial for solidworks beginners starting working with sheet metal.

Dxf ready for metal fabricator shop. 1 first you want to make an expanded template for your box out of cardboard paper etc. The spacing between the two nuts and bolts determines the maximum width sheet that can be bent. My folder is made from aluminium but angle iron is okay.

To make things easy for my students i designed our classroom box so it would be able to work on the size of a standard 8 5 x 11 piece of paper. I have a graph paper drawing in the pics below but its not for this box 2 trace your template on to your piece of sheet metal as pictured i suggest 20 22 gauge steel 3 cut your piece into the same shape as template. For dimension and more informat. Subscribe my channel for more new videos.

This sheet metal folding tool allows you to make uniform folds in sheet metal. The patterns for a cardboard box will look very similar to what you need to plan out for the sheet metal box. How to bend sheet metal without a brake in 4 different methods with minimal or homemade tools. Bending sheet metal by hand is a manageable task if the piece of sheet metal is small and thin enough to handle.

Design that allows for easier hand folding. Also known as press braking flanging die bending folding and edging this method is used to deform a material to an angular shape. The metal folder is made from two right angle sections of metal. Bending is one of the most common sheet metal fabrication operations.

The force must exceed the material s yield strength to achieve a plastic deformation. Creating a 22 gauge sheetmetal box from scratch. This is done through the application of force on a workpiece. Learn how to bend sheet metal so you.

Video tutorial includes cutting the sheetmetal template and bending the pieces on my 24 grizzly box pan b. How to bend sheet metal without a brake. Follow simple steps to learn. The box i have my students create in class ends up being 5 5 x 2 x 3 5.

Mark where you want your bends. A flat version of your box.